Description

Early 19th century with early 20th century additions. Single storey and attic, courtyard-plan, gabled stable block ranges of various heights and some Gothic detailing. Rendered masonry with some polished ashlar dressings. Discontinuous eaves course. Some stop-chamfered ashlar quoin strips; irregular fenestration with some raised ashlar margins. Piend-roofed ranges to left and right of entrance route in N side terminating in low finialled broken pediments. Offices to N side of courtyard; coach house to SE corner of courtyard; stables and tack room with central bargeboarded hayloft with bracketed eaves to W side of courtyard. Central early 20th century piend-roofed vehicle canopy supported on cast-iron columns to E side of courtyard. Timber-boarded doors.

Ashlar-coped skews. Rendered, coped gablehead stack with clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: stables at SW corner with dark timber-boarded panelling to dado level; octagonal green tiling above to head height; timber and cast-iron dividers with ornamental cast-iron catches to gates; timber feeding troughs; cast-iron corner hay cages; star-shaped mounts to tethering hoops. Tack room to centre of W range with cast-iron fireplace, dark timber-boarded panelling and full-height dark timber cupboards with glazed sliding doors. Herringbone-pattern brick floors.

Statement of Interest

A substantial and intact early 19th century stable block with some Gothic detailing and good interiors, situated close to Hillhouse and forming an integral part of the estate. The stable fittings probably date from about 1880 and are similar to those at Dalmakerran and Duncow, both in Dumfries and Galloway (both listed). The vehicle shelter canopy on the east side is first shown on the 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey map (1907-9).

Hillhouse, built in the 18th century and extended in the 19th, is listed separately.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56615406

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record